Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Duracell U.S. Operations Inc. currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This portfolio shows examiner diversity, as the 4 pending actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners. This distribution suggests that the company's recent filings do not cluster under a single individual, potentially requiring varied advocacy strategies for each application.
The prosecution activity spans 3 distinct art units, indicating that while the technology remains within the broader chemistry sector, it touches upon multiple specialized classifications. ALEJANDRO, RAYMOND is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, though he is responsible for only 1 pending office action. This low concentration of work with a single examiner means that no individual official has a dominant influence over the current pending docket.
Practitioners should note that the ratio of 4 examiners to 3 art units implies some overlap in technical focus across different groups. With 4 pending office actions to address, the legal team must coordinate responses that maintain consistency across these different examiners and art units. The lack of a heavily burdened busiest examiner may allow for more individualized attention during the examination process.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEJANDRO, RAYMOND | 1 | 79.2% | +22.2% |
| IANNUCCI, LOUISE JAMES | 1 | — | — |
| ORDUNA, TAMARA | 1 | — | — |
| MARROQUIN, DOUGLAS C | 1 | 44.0% | +78.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18654551 | INTEGRATED MONITORING CAPACITY OF A POWER BANK BATTERY AND DEVICES CHARGED THEREWITH | ALEJANDRO, RAYMOND | — |
| 18542560 | Battery Cell With Safety Layer | IANNUCCI, LOUISE JAMES | — |
| 17566321 | OXIDATIVE DELITHIATION OF ALKALI NICKEL OXIDE | MARROQUIN, DOUGLAS C | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18654551 | INTEGRATED MONITORING CAPACITY OF A POWER BANK BATTERY AND DEVICES CHARGED THEREWITH | ALEJANDRO, RAYMOND | — |
| 17566321 | OXIDATIVE DELITHIATION OF ALKALI NICKEL OXIDE | MARROQUIN, DOUGLAS C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1727 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| 1723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18654551 | INTEGRATED MONITORING CAPACITY OF A POWER BANK BATTERY AND DEVICES CHARGED THEREWITH | ALEJANDRO, RAYMOND | 1727 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18542560 | Battery Cell With Safety Layer | IANNUCCI, LOUISE JAMES | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18512694 | MAGNETIC BATTERY CELL CONNECTION MECHANISM | ORDUNA, TAMARA | 1725 | §103 | Final Rejection | 75d | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 17566321 | OXIDATIVE DELITHIATION OF ALKALI NICKEL OXIDE | MARROQUIN, DOUGLAS C | 1723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2021 |
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